Chapter 117: Submissive Army (1)

The afternoon sun of midsummer was still scorching. Below the rock wall was an open space. Without the shade of trees, the bright sunlight made people dizzy, and their skin was also burning with pain from the scorching sun. Before her, burly figures knelt on the ground on one knee, their straight waists and backs motionless, showing their persistence and determination. Sweat mixed with dust on their faces, leaving sorry water marks on their dark skin. The eyes that were once filled with coldness, disdain, and even mockery on their young faces were now staring straight at her, filled with admiration and sincerity.

And that "Boss" also made Gu Yun feel very surprised and happy. This also meant that they finally officially accepted her!

Although Gu Yun was expressionless, her heart was moved by this group of young guys. Knowing shame is close to courage. Compared with those cowards who were ignorant and incompetent but arrogant, she was happy to teach such warriors!

Gu Yun was cold and silent. The soldiers were silent for a while, and then roared in unison again, "We earnestly request the Boss to teach us the method of climbing the peak!"

Damn it! Shouting so loudly! They were originally under the rock wall in the valley, and their roar made people dizzy and deaf!

Just as they were preparing to roar for the second time, Gu Yun frowned, stepped forward, and said coldly, "Enough! All get up. Human knees are used for movement, not for kneeling. Whoever kneels down casually in the future will be punished with one thousand frog jumps!"

The soldiers looked at each other. Did the Boss mean she was willing to continue teaching them? Looking at the "wooden stakes" who were still kneeling on the ground with hesitation, Gu Yun suddenly felt a bit funny, pretended to be angry, darkened her face, and scolded, "Do you want to be punished now? Get up, this is an order!"

"Yes!" She finally started roaring again. The soldiers were secretly happy, and at the same time hurriedly stood up from the ground, because really no one wanted to do one thousand frog jumps. Of course, they didn't know at this time that because their leg strength was too poor, Gu Yun had decided to make one thousand frog jumps a routine mandatory training every day.

Gu Yun walked to Ge Jingyun, stretched out her hand and said, "Give me the rope, you help me hold the other end."

"Yes."

Knowing that she should be demonstrating for them, everyone waited expectantly.

While tying the rope to her body, Gu Yun said, "The third training item today is to teach you how to use your own strength and simple tools to climb up this dangerous peak that most people can't climb. In the world, no two mountain peaks are exactly the same. Bare-handed rock climbing has extremely high requirements for your physical fitness, body coordination, and flexibility, and at the same time tests your judgment and adaptability. But don't worry, I will have corresponding training items to help you improve, but there is one thing you must overcome yourselves, and that is—fear. This rock wall is only ten zhang high, and there are safety ropes to protect you, while in future actual combat, you might face hundred-zhang peaks, and there will no longer be ropes to protect you. Only then will it be your real test!"

Yes, it was fear. The soldiers knew very well in their hearts that most of the reasons they thought they couldn't do it came from fear. Looking up at the rock wall again, many people clenched their fists, secretly swearing that they must climb this dangerous peak!

Walking under the rock wall, Gu Yun glanced at Ge Jingyun. Ge Jingyun wrapped the rope tightly around his arm three times and nodded at her.

"Now I will demonstrate once. You can see what path I choose and how it is different from yours, and what the characteristics of the techniques and movements used are." After speaking, Gu Yun turned her back, scanned the structure of the rock wall and the characteristics of the stone wall with sharp eyes extremely quickly, and quickly chose the best path to start climbing. Her speed was very fast, every movement was so stretched, the choice of every climbing point was so precise, her light body, strong arm strength, allowed her to easily move and jump. From a distance, she was as stable as a gecko and as agile as a goshawk on the rock wall.

Just for a moment, she had easily climbed to the center of the rock wall. After a burst of stunned silence, the people below finally erupted into exclamations.

"Wow! The Boss's speed is so fast!"

"Too strong!"

"The Boss didn't use lightness skill at all, she really climbed up!"

"How did she do it?"

Han Shu had been standing at the back of the team, his tiger eyes also following Gu Yun all the way up, the heat in his eyes and the excitement in his heart, only he himself understood.

Such a rock wall can be seen at any time in marching and fighting. Most of the time, the army will choose to go around it. If they have to climb over it, the vanguard will naturally go first. Unconsciously, Han Shu's hand slowly touched the old wound on his shoulder. The wound had long stopped hurting, but his heart was always aching for that battle.

That time, the rock wall they climbed was twice as high as this one. Just as they climbed halfway, they were discovered by the enemy army. Just as she said, the enemy army threw giant stones downward. That time they suffered heavy casualties, and he also lost his most capable deputy because of this! If they could have had such speed back then, maybe they would have reached the top long ago, and wouldn't have suffered so many deaths and injuries!

His deep and hot eyes stared tightly at the woman who had easily climbed down to the bottom of the rock. The confident sharpness on her face was so dazzling in the scorching sun, and the admiration and respect in the soldiers' eyes were undisguised. Looking at this group of eager, suddenly confident young generals, Han Shu suddenly remembered the special forces she mentioned at noon. Perhaps the Su Army really needed such a team!

Gu Yun untied the rope on her waist and walked toward the group of small generals who seemed a bit too active. Why were this group of men excited? They didn't know that she could complete this task so easily because she had liked the sport of rock climbing since she was fourteen, and later joined the special police force, and only after systematic training did she have today's achievements. They still had a lot to practice.

Gu Yun raised her lips coldly, "I'll make you suffer in a moment!" Looking at the steady Ge Jingyun, Gu Yun said, "Now divide into two groups. Ge Jingyun, take your squad to do climbing practice. Everyone try once and find the feeling. Five people in a group, pay attention to safety."

"Yes." Ge Jingyun led the team away.

Gu Yun continued, "Leng Xiao, take your squad to do ligament practice and pull-ups."

What is a pull-up? What is ligament practice? The soldiers were full of question marks in their eyes and hearts, but this time no one raised a single question.

Gu Yun naturally knew they didn't understand. Saying so was just to let them understand her habitual terminology. Bringing them to the layers of vines on the side of the rock wall, Gu Yun pointed to a small soldier closest to her and said, "You, step out."

"Yes." The small soldier stepped forward without hesitation.

Finding a sturdy vine, Gu Yun said, "Grab the vine above."

"Yes."

Jumping hard, the small soldier grabbed the vine tightly and hung there without moving.

Gu Yun stood beside him and taught him word by word, "Now slowly bend your elbows, pull your body up until your chin is higher than the tree branch, then straighten your arms and lower your body, returning to the starting position. That counts as one time."

The small soldier easily completed one, and everyone secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, it was not very difficult, but Gu Yun's next sentence plunged them into the abyss, "Sixty as a group, I require five groups."

Wails rose in their hearts, but no one dared to talk back.

Watching their miserable appearance, Gu Yun laughed inwardly, her mouth curled cunningly, and she smiled, "As for the ligament stretching training—"

Searching the crowd, Gu Yun raised her hand, pointed at the boy who questioned Judo in the forest, and called out unusually gently, "You, come over."

"Yes." The boy's back felt cold, and he shrank his head in fear, but his feet didn't dare to stop for a moment, and he ran to Gu Yun.

"Next is the first item of ligament training, which is splitting!" Gu Yun pointed to his legs and said, "Separate your legs front and back, and lower your center of gravity."

The boy was stunned for a moment, then moved quickly to separate his legs.

Is this called splitting? Gu Yun patted his hand and said, "Down! Hands support the ground, upper body is not allowed to bend, keep your waist and back straight!"

Hands support the ground? The boy separated his legs with difficulty, not daring to bend his waist and back. His fingertips finally touched the ground, and his feet cramped with pain.

"Continue down." Gu Yun was impatient. This was only the beginning! It was ten thousand miles away from the ground! She chose this boy not because she wanted to torture him on purpose. He looked the youngest here, and his ligament elasticity should be the best. Letting him demonstrate was to make other soldiers understand her requirements better. Who knew he was so useless.

Still need to go down? The boy's legs collapsed, and he really cramped! Under Gu Yun's fierce gaze, the boy tried again, and his palms finally supported the ground. He was in pain and almost cried, shouting, "Really can't do it! Can't go down!"

Gu Yun stepped forward, held his shoulders, kept his body upright, and pressed down with both hands—

"Ah—" A miserable, incomparably shrill scream startled the soldiers who were still climbing on the rock wall. Gu Yun was also startled. She only used a little force, and he screamed louder than a pig being slaughtered!

The boy curled his legs and screamed on the ground. Other soldiers who saw this scene couldn't help but clench their legs. This, this is too terrifying!

"Shut up!" Gu Yun glared fiercely at the boy who was still rubbing his thighs. The boy hurriedly shut up, but looking at his pale face, one knew he had really tried his best.

"Separate your two legs front and back into a line and sit on the ground, that counts as passing." In order to let them understand the essentials of the movement, Gu Yun separated her feet front and back, slid down slowly, and easily completed a perfect split.

Staring at Gu Yun's two legs forming a straight line as if they had seen a ghost, these soldiers who probably weren't even afraid of death all turned pale and broke out in cold sweat.

This, this, this—this is impossible!

Gu Yun slowly stood up, glanced at the people on the rock wall side who were either gloating or secretly rejoicing, and said loudly with a smile, "No need to look, you have to do it too! After an hour, the two groups will exchange training items. Everyone must complete my requirements. I give you five days. Those who can't finish, I will help them personally!"

Gu Yun said the word "personally" unusually kindly, but everyone shuddered at the same time. Satisfied with their miserable faces, Gu Yun smiled happily, "Alright, start practicing!"

As expected, ghosts screamed and wails rose in the valley. After finally holding on until the sun set behind the mountains, everyone was already sore in their arms and cramped in their legs. But even so, when Gu Yun called "Line up," everyone lined up as fast as they could.

"I am not satisfied with your performance today. I don't want to see the same situation again tomorrow. Gather in the forest at Mao hour tomorrow, do you understand?" With her hands behind her back, Gu Yun's cold eyes swept over the tired faces. She felt sorry for them in her heart, but the training had just begun, and they were still too far from her requirements. She had to be hard-hearted.

Standing straight, the soldiers gritted their teeth and replied, "Understand!"

Waving her hand, Gu Yun said, "Return to the camp."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 118 =====